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No. 624,344. Patented May 2, I899. A. LEESDN.

CORSET FASTENER.

(Application filed June 17, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANNA LEESON, OF QUATSINO, CANADA.

CORSET-FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 624,344, dated May 2, 1899.

Application filed June 17,1898. Serial No. 683,736. (No model.)

To 01. whom, it may concern..- 7 "'Be it known that I, ANNA LEEsoN, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at Quatsino, Vinter Harbor, Vancouver Island, in the, Province of British Columbia and Do minion of Canada, have invented a new and Improved Corset-Fastener, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved corset-fastener which is simple and durable in construction, arranged to permit of conveniently opening and closing the corset to give the desired comfort to the wearer and to prevent accidental opening of the corset when in use.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations of the same, as will be described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the improvement as applied. Fig. 2 is an enlarged face view of one of the busks. Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view of the improvement on the line 3 8 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is an enlarged front elevation of the clasp. v

The improved corset-fastener is provided with busks A and B, of which the busk A is adapted to be placed in front of the busk B, the said busks being arranged in the usual welts of the corset material C C. At the back of the busk B is secured by rivets or other fastening devices a clasp-casing D, extending at one end upon the front of the busk B to form a lug D for receiving correspondinglyshaped notches A, formed in the busk A and the corset material C. The end of the lug D is provided with a forwardly-extending keeper D adapted to receive the hook end E of a clasp-hook E, fulcrumed at E on a bearing D carried on the clasp-frame D, opposite the lug D. A finger piece E is formed on the top edge of the clasp-hook E to'enable the wearer to conveniently swing the said clasp-hook with its hook end E into or out of engagement with the keeper D to lock or unlock the busk A. The hook E has its fulcrum end in the form of a loop, as plainly indicated in Figs. 3 and 4, to permit of conveniently swinging the hook up and down for engaging and disengaging the keeper D as described; also for swinging the hook outward into an open position, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 3, to permit of placing the outer busk A in position on the rear busk B, as previously explained.

It is understood that any desired number of clasps, as described, may be employed for the length of the busk B, a corresponding number of notches A being formed in the other busk A.

Now it is evident that when the busk A is placed in position in front of the busk B and the operator has swung the clasp-hook E over and engaged the hook end on the keeper D then the busks are securely locked together and accidental opening of the corset is prevented, as the busk A cannot become disengaged either laterally or upwardly or downwardly from the busk B as long as the hook E engages the keeper D The device is very simple and durable in construction and can be readily manipulated for opening and closing the corset.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire. to secure by Letters Patent 1. A corset-fastener comprising two busks, one of which is provided with lugs and the other with notches for fitting the lugs on placing one busk upon the other, and a clasp having a fixed member secured to one of the busks, and a hook loosely pivoted on the fixed member, and adapted to pass over the front busk and hook onto the keeper carried by the fixed member, to lock the busks together, substantially as shown and described.

2. A corset fastener comprising a back busk, a front busk formed with notches, a

corset-clasp comprising a fixed member secured to the back busk and extending to the front face thereof to form a lug for engagement with one of the notches in the other busk, and a hook loosely fulcrumed on thefixed member, and adapted to hook onto a keeper projecting from the said lug, substantially as shown and described.

ANNA LEESON. Witnesses:

GEO. JAY, J12, C. K. COURTNEY. 

